Computer Vision System That Provides an Accountability Measurement of Impact of Architecture and Design Work

1. A computer vision system, comprising: a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field space of a building in the target field space; a processor coupled to the camera, the processor configured to receive the plurality of image frames and detect two or more persons in the target field space from the image frames, assign an ID for each of a person and a location of the two or more persons in the target field space, the input images being processed by the processor for detection and location of the one or more persons in the target field space and assigned IDs; a user interface that allows for the delineation and definition of a reference object including one or more of: shape, dimensions, and location in the image frames in the target field space; a server that calculates the dimensions of the target field space based on the reference object information, calculates distances between at least one of: detected occupants, and classifies each occupant as being within a delineated and defined area of interest; and wherein in response to determining a distance between two or more people in the target field space, with each of the two or more persons being in the target field space and tracked based on a shortest distance-based association, the system determining or modifying one or more of architecture and design of the target field space.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the video feed captured by the camera and relayed to the processing unit for processing and automated analysis is not stored in the system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the images are processed in real time.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system creates a model of the conditions of an establishment that is informed by historical data, and runs scenarios of known intervention options through the model to assess intervention options based on their cost, impact, and any other factors of interest to the establishment owner, when current conditions are observed by the system to be of interest or concern, the system generates an intervention recommendation for the establishment that is based on modeled outcomes, when a modeled intervention is employed, the system observes the impact of the intervention on the conditions, and if the observed impact is different than the modeled impact, the system updates the model based on the observed data.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein an observed impact of the intervention is compared with a modeled impact of the action, and then updates the model.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the systems provide for a continual improvement to the model.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to provide a recommendation that is model directed to at least one of: an interest; and concern of the establishment.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system measures at least one: conditions post an intervention; and action, and compares an observed result to the modeled result.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is used with at least one establishment selected from: retail; the food industry; and the beverage industry.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is used relative to advertising costs of an establishment.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system provides near real time information relative to an establishment's current occupancy and provides information selected from at least one of: the ratio of an establishment's customers to employees; the number of establishment customers compared to establishment inventory; and the number of people who are entering and/or exiting an establishment.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system identifies a condition of interest with regard to occupant count, occupant activity, occupant location, occupant ratios, and/or some derivative or combination thereof and generates information summarizing the identified condition.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system sends out an alert to an establishment describing the identified condition of interest.